Several intervention forces including the RAID are deployed to Arles remand center. Since 11:15 this morning, a hostage taking is in progress. According to information from our colleagues in La Provence, confirmed by AFP, five people are being held hostage.
The inmate of the Arles remand center is armed with a homemade pick
An inmate is at the origin of this hostage-taking at the Arles remand centermore particularly in the health unit. Equipped with a homemade pick, the 37-year-old inmate took hostage four nursing staff and a prison guard. This detainee, who does not present a terrorist profile, is known for “significant psychiatric disorders“.
Gérald Darmanin follows the hostage-taking at the Arles remand center
“The situation remains calm“, said a source close to the case. The man was incarcerated for rape at gunpoint. He says he wantschange prison center“, according to the source close to the case. The inmate was eligible for release in 2031.
-“We have mobilized all means“to put an end to the hostage-taking, indicated on X the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin, saying to follow”in real time the evolution of the situation“. The Minister of Justice was yesterday traveling to Marseille, to Baumettes and to the courthouse.
In March 2022, it is at the Arles remand center that the Corsican shepherd Yvan Colonna, who had participated in the assassination of prefect Erignac, had been attacked by a fellow prisoner. He had died from it.
